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Narendra Hirwani
Narendra Deepchand Hirwani
Born: 18 October 1968, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh
Major Teams: Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, India.
Known As: Narendra Hirwani
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly
Test Debut: India v West Indies at Madras, 4th Test, 1987/88
Latest Test: India v South Africa at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1996/97
ODI Debut: India v West Indies at Gwalior, 6th ODI, 1987/88
Latest ODI: India v Australia at Melbourne, World Series, 1991/92
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 27/11/1996)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 17 22 12 54 17 5.40 0 0 5 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 716.2 155 1987 66 30.10 8-61 4 1 65.1 2.77
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 18/01/1992)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 18 7 3 8 4 2.00 27.58 0 0 2 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 160 6 719 23 31.26 4-43 3 0 41.7 4.49
FIRST-CLASS
(1984/85 - 2001/02)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 140 158 61 1036 59 10.68 0 1 39 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 5858 16570 583 28.42 8-52 44 6 60.2 2.82
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1986/87 - 2000/01)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 70 33 17 121 25 7.56 0 0 14 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 593.3 2561 75 34.14 4-42 4 0 47.4 4.31
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Thirty six wickets in his first four Test matches. Thirty wickets
in his next 13 Tests. That just about sums Narendra Hirwani's
career. He was thrust into the Indian team as a promising
19-year-old spinner but at the end of his first Test, against
West Indies at Madras in January 1988, he had made it to the
record books with a bag of 16 wickets for 136 runs - the best
figures by a bowler on Test debut. His judicious mixture of
leg spinners, googlies and top spinners had the visiting batsmen,
Viv Richards included, all at sea. This was followed by 20 wickets
in three Tests against New Zealand and he embarked on the tour of
West Indies in 1989 with confidence. But the Caribbean cricketers
extracted complete revenge on their tormentor of a year before
and his six wickets in three Tests cost 57.33 apiece.
From then on his career was downhill. He failed on the tour of
New Zealand in 1990, did little of note on the perfect pitches
in England later that year and was not exactly a success in
Australia in 1991-92 when he played in the one day games. Anil
Kumble's success in the early 90s seemed to have spelt finis to
his international career but he did have one last fling and did
well when he was brought back for one Test against New Zealand
in 1995. The following season however he fared badly against
the quick footed South African batsmen and that has remained
the extent of his international career. With Kumble injured and
the rest of the spin bowling probables not exactly inspiring confidence,
the selectors brought Hirwani back into the reckoning
by naming him among the probables for the Australian series in
2001. The short, compactly built bowler has enjoyed considerable success
for Madhya Pradesh and during the 1999-2000 season, he
joined the select band of bowlers who had taken over 300 wickets
in the Ranji Trophy.(Partab Ramchand)
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